So here we are ... Episode 150, and I am a little surprised that I made it this far into this Life of an Architect experiment, but due to the support and interest we have received over the last 6 years, we find ourselves as what I believe to be a … [Continue reading]
Ep 149: Moonlighting
This will be the 5th time in 5,209 days that I have put my opinions about taking on extra work outside of your normal job and typically during ridiculous hours of the day and night. This practice has come to be known as “moonlighting” and depending … [Continue reading]
Ep 148: Meetings are a Waste of Time
You check the time and realize that you have 4 minutes before your next meeting. Maybe it’s an internal meeting, maybe clients are coming in. Is it in person or online? Depending on how you answer those questions, time to start scrambling so that you … [Continue reading]
AIA24 Conference on Architecture & Design
It's just about time for my yearly pilgrimage to AIA24, Conference on Architecture & Design - I've lost count of how many of these I've attended, and for the best of reasons. Taking place in Washington D.C. June 5th through June 8th, the … [Continue reading]
Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect
How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect? Or … How can I be an architect – I can’t draw? These are questions that in one form or another, I hear a lot, especially from people my age who became accountants and … [Continue reading]
Ep 146: Ask the Show Spring 2024
We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are sent into our email inboxes, and some slide into our DM’s. Sometimes we reach out and ask people what they would like us to discuss – which is … [Continue reading]